Packing box



Nov. 5, 1940.. G. L. sTUDLEY PACKING BOX Fled July 8, 1959 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 5, 1940 l f UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE PACKING BOX Application July 8,1939, Serial No. 283,418

1 Claim.

This invention relates to packing boxes and specically to boxes of the so-called wood frame construction having side walls of thin material, such as ply Wood, breboard, or corrugated board reenforced by a wooden frame. Boxes of this general type reenforced by frame members along the corners thereof are in current use, usually with an additional Wooden strip or reenforcing clip afxed across the middle of each sidewall for the purpose of preventing the outward bulging of the thin side wall material. When such reenforcing cleats are nailed through the wall material to aix them in position, the result is not entirely satisfactory because the ends of the reenforcing cleats are frequently forced outward 1y with the bulging side walls and thus become practically useless as a reenforcement. Attempts have been made to overcome this difficulty by driving nails through the perimeter or frame 9 cleats and into the ends of reenforcing cleats, and, also, reenforcing cleats have beenheld by means of a U-shaped metal clip over the ends of the reenforcing cleat. These methods are either somewhat costly and troublesome to assemble, or,

5 do not p-rovide a box of sucient strength. This invention provides an improved packing box of simple and effective construction in which the reenforcing cleats are firmly held in position, and thus prevent bulging, the reenforcing cleats being aixed to the perimeter or frame cleats as will hereinafter appear.

In the drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the complete packing box of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a View taken on line 2 2 0f Fig. 1, partly in cross-section, showing in detail the fastening of the reenforcing strips to the frame members;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the reenforcing member employed in the packing box of this invention; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of reenforcing member.

Referring t0 the drawing in which like numerals represent like parts, the packing box has walls 2 of ply wood, breboard, corrugated board, or .the like, reenforced along each longitudinal edge by the wood frame comprising perimeter members 4, reenforced across the middle of the side Walls by means of reenforcing cleats 6 which may be and preferably are nailed to the side walls 2 by means of nails passing through said side Walls and into the cleats, with the heads of the nails on vthe inside of the thin side Wall material. The

ends of the reenforcing cleats are held in position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, by means of a formed metal clip, preferably as shown in Fig. 3, and generally designated l. Olne end 8 of the reenforcing clip is provided with a hole through which the nail 9 is driven into the reenforcing cleat and the other end l0 is bent downwardly between the end surface of the reenforcing cleat and the abutting surface of the adjacent perimeter cleat 2, though with the toothed or pointed end 10 l0 0f the metallic clip bent so as to have the points thereof embedded in the cleat 2 and there held by means 0f the end of the reenforcing cleat and preferably also by the nail or nails I l, which may be conveniently driven in place at the time 15 of the attachment or embedding of the toothed end of the clip prior to the placing of the reenforcing strip in position, and there nailing it from the inside and by means of the nails 9 passing through the portions 8 of the clips at the 20 respective ends of the reenforcing cleats 6. 'I'he clips and reenforcing cleats assist each other in holding the box in its assembled organization inasmuch as the serrated ends of the clips can not be withdrawn because they are locked in 25 place by the ends of the reenforcing cleats 6, and, also, as will be seen from the drawing, the ends of the reenforcing cleats can not move outwardly because of the portions 8 of said clips which are.` firmly held thereto by the nails 9 which prevent 30 sidewise movement of the cleats.

Similarly, the modified metallic clip structure of Fig. 4 has a portion 8d which overlies and is .held to a reenforcing cleat 6 as by a staple 9a. and the pointed ends Illa (corresponding to the 35 toothed ends of Fig. 3) may be driven into an adjacent abutting perimeter cleat 2 and there held by staples ila.

It will be evident that the above construction provides a simple, effective, and strongly con- 40 structed packing box with the advantages above set forth.

Having described my invention, what I Wish to claim by Letters Patent is:

A Wood frame packing box having thin side 45 walls, external Wooden cleats reenforcing the perimeter of each side wall constituting perimeter members, reenforcing cleats across side walls of said box connecting and lying entirely between the opposite inner side faces of said perimeter members, said reenforcing cleats being held at the ends thereof to the perimeter members by metallic clip members providing exposed portions overlying .and -afxed to the outside of each of said ends of the reenforcing cleats and having angles thereto integral toothed portions embedded in the perimeter members opposite the ends of said reenforcing cleats and thereby held in Said perimeter members.

GERARD L. STUDLEY. 

